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Aven de l'Oxbow

Narrow cavity discovered by digging through at the bottom of a small collapse, where work continues with a view to a connection with the very nearby Pertes des fracas.

Évenos 50m 27m

Narrow cavity discovered by digging through at the bottom of a small collapse, where work continues with a view to a connection with the very nearby Pertes des fracas.

Characteristics

  • Type: Pothole
  • Municipality: Évenos
  • Length: 50 meters
  • Depth: 27 meters
  • Record updated:

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  1. Aven de l'Oxbow

    43.186044, 5.857678
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Description

Morphology

The narrow cavity opens at the bottom of a small collapse.

Hydrology

Presence of CO2.

Progression

The work was undertaken at the bottom of a small collapse by J.-P. Charpentier; after digging through, it leads into a narrow cavity. The long digging work continues with a view to a connection with the very nearby Pertes des fracas.

Other details

Source: Guillaume CHARDIN - CDS83, Fichier des cavités du Var > “L’Oxbow” (number 2053211): http://www.fichiertopo.fr/display.php?details=1&indexid=2270 (dead link).

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Contains information from Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/64693 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected] · data as of 2026 · Source: Grottocenter (Association Wikicaves), worldwide collaborative cave database (grottocenter.org), modified. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Grottocenter (Wikicaves) · Text by BTH (Description sommaire) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/64693 · data as of 2026